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By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed the conflict in the Middle East during a meeting on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing Wednesday, according to the Russian leader – who said “common threats” brought the two countries closer. The

By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to avoid detection and hurry onto

CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Daniel Hodge and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above. They slow down as they approach the shore to avoid detection and hurry

CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s presumptive next leader, Donald Tusk, has urged the country’s president not to frustrate the handover of power, after final results from a tight election confirmed he is on course to remove the populist ruling party from government. Tusk’s opposition Civic Coalition (KO) party finished a close second

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica — a common mineral on Earth — within the atmosphere of a blazing hot exoplanet. It’s likely that the nanoparticles of silica, which on Earth appears in beach sands and is

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Virtually absent from most present-day Western diets, seaweed and aquatic plants were once a staple food for ancient Europeans, an analysis of molecules preserved in fossilized dental plaque has found. Evidence for this hitherto hidden taste for the nutrient-rich plants and algae was hard to detect in the archaeological

By Tom Foster and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement posted on X, formerly

By Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have descended on the south of the Gaza Strip as a potential Israeli ground operation looms. But where they will go from there is anyone’s guess. The coastal enclave is blockaded by land, air and sea by Israel, which has

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible. Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli woman, is being held hostage by the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

By Eoin McSweeney and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN (CNN) — Under Israeli bombardment for days, Jason Shawa couldn’t sleep in his home south of Gaza City, so he decided to go to his window to light up a cigarette. There, the Palestinian-American heard shouting, and the sound of panicked cries from the street below. Opposite the

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s presumptive next leader, Donald Tusk, has urged the country’s president not to frustrate the handover of power, after final results from a tight election confirmed he is on course to remove the populist ruling party from government. Tusk’s opposition Civic Coalition (KO) party finished a close second to